Preparing Your Paper For Use With Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils

December 27th, 2009 admin

By Brenne Meirowitz Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils are water-soluble and made of professional artist quality grade pigments. They are sold individually or in sets of 12, 24, and 36 pencils. Used with or without water, the smooth and rich colored leads lend themselves to creating dynamic drawings. Additionally, all Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils precisely match the color palette of Prismacolor’s other products – Premier, Verithin, and Art Stix. The technique to using water-soluble pencils is up to the individual artist’s imagination. There is no wrong way to use these pencils, except to avoid over saturating paper with water…


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